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Hailed as Japan’s greatest living director,
Kore’eda Hirokazu’s 2004 Nobody Knows is one
of the great films about childhood. He returns
to the exciting world of children with this
deeply pleasurable tale of two brothers trying
to reunite their family.To do this, they must
journey to the point where two bullet trains
pass, and in the mythology of kids, generate
enough energy to create miracles.
Director: Kore’eda Hirokazu (Japan, 2011)
128 mins • DRAMA
OPENING NIGHT FILM
WEDNESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER
• 6pm for 7pm screening
SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER • 3.30pm
hEADshOT
Grappling with corruption and other injustices,
Pan-ek delivers an ‘up-side down’ neo-noir
thriller with a Buddhist twist. Instructions are
left for hitman Tul to kill someone, disguised as
a monk – but it all goes wrong. Once recovered
from a three month coma we discover the
former cop ended up in jail after refusing to
take a bribe before becoming a hitman for the
infamous criminal ‘Doctor Demon’.
“Smart, original and very, very stylish” Tony Rayns
Director: Pan-ek Ratanaruang (Thailand, 2011)
105 mins • THRILLER
FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER • 6.30pm
SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER • 8.30pm
Film
Adelaide Festival Centre and
media Resource Centre present
12–30
SeptemBeR
mercury cinema
Lion Arts Centre
13 morphett Street
Adult
$17
Concession $14
South Australian Premiere
Australian Premiere
GOLDEN sLUMBERs
Over 400 feature films were produced in
Cambodia from 1960 to 1975, when the
Khmer Rouge regime commenced. By the
end of Khmer Rouge rule in 1979 almost
every film had been destroyed and most of
Cambodia’s creative community executed.
Directed by prolific producer Vann Chan’s
grandson, Golden Slumbers weaves rare
archival footage around the heartbreaking
testimony of surviving industry figures.
Director: Davy Chou (France/ Cambodia, 2011)
96 mins • DOCUMENTARY
SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER • 4pm
+ video link Q&A chaired by Variety critic Richard Kuipers
SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER • 6pm
wAR OF ThE ARROws
Korea’s top box office smash hit War of the
Arrows delivers everything one expects from
a big budget period action drama including
sensational photography, costume and casting.
This captivating film is about an archer
Nam-Yi (Park Hae il, The Host) who is out to
rescue his sister Ja-in (Moon Chae-won) from
Manchurian soldiers. His pursuit is unflinching.
“One helluva chase movie!”
Hollywood Reporter
Director: Kim Han-min (Korea, 2011)
122 mins • HISTORICAL ACTION
SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER • 8.30pm
FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER • 6.30pm
A LETTER TO MOMO
If you love Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away, then
you’ll love this anime treasure. A young girl
who has recently lost her father relocates to
a small island home and finds herself with the
mixed blessing of being protected by three
of the goofiest goblins you can imagine.
From the director of anime classic Jin-Roh,
and Production I.G, the studio behind Ghost
in the Shell and Evangelion.
Director: Okiura Hiroyuki (Japan, 2011)
120 mins • ANIME
SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER • 3.30pm
SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER • 6pm
A siMPLE LiFE
Based on the true story of an executive
(played by Asia’s biggest star, Andy Lau) who
becomes the main carer for his family’s aging
maid.Ann Hui’s film scooped this year’s
Hong Kong Film Awards, following up its Best
Actress prize for Deanie Ip at the Venice Film
Festival.The film’s enormous warmth never
clouds its analysis of the problems of dealing
with an aging population.Winner Asian Film
Awards (Best Actress and Favourite Actor).
Director: Ann Hui (Hong Kong, 2011)
118 mins • DRAMA
WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER • 7pm
SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER • 8pm
11 FLOwERs
The Cultural Revolution, seen through the
eyes of a young boy, provides rich material
for Wang Xiaoshuai, one of the major Sixth
Generation directors.The boy’s problems
are simple but he and his family are drawn
inexorably into the moral turbulence of his
times, and finally the family must make a stand.
“An absorbing coming-of-age drama”
Variety
Director: Wang Xiaoshuai (China, 2011)
120 mins • DRAMA
SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER • 6pm
SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER • 8.30pm
ThE wOMAN iN ThE
sEPTic TANK
A group of filmmakers plan to secure free
travel and associated glory attached to films
on the international festival circuit by making
a film about the desperate plight of a mother
in poverty.The film’s humour is in the irony
and reflection upon the large number of films
dealing with issues of poverty that have come
out of the Philippines. Winner Asian Film
Awards People’s Choice Award (Favourite
Actress – Eugene Domingo).
Director: Marlon Rivera (Philippines, 2011)
87 mins • MOCKUMENTARY
SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER • 8.30pm
FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER • 6.30pm
ThE BLiNDFOLD
Though the Indonesian Islamic State (NII)
has been outlawed, Islamic fundamentalism
continues to spread in Indonesia. Nugroho’s
compelling and sobering new work
investigates how these groups recruit –
through abduction and indoctrination of
students and teenagers. Using Nugroho’s
characteristic structure of telling three stories
at once, we follow a mother, a disaffected
young man and an NII recruiter.
Director: Garin Nugroho (Indonesia, 2012)
99 mins • DRAMA
SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER • 4pm
SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER • 6pm
AT ThE hORiZON
Perhaps the mark of the Lao new wave,
At The Horizon is a gripping story about
the world of rich and poor colliding in a
spectacular fashion. A rich kid sporting all the
excesses commonly seen in the west becomes
intertwined in the life of a poor family man
after a tragic event. As unexpected twists and
turns in the story unfold, we get a glimpse
into modern life in Laos.
Director: Anysay Keola (Laos, 2011)
100 mins • ACTION
SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER • 7pm
FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER • 8.45pm
LOVE iN ThE BUFF
A cleverly scripted, witty rom-com starring
Shawn Yue (Jimmy) and Miriam Yeung
(Cherie) by one of the most interesting
directors working in Hong Kong. The
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2012
opener follows the ebb and flow of a thirty
plus couple struggling to keep their spark.
Following a separation, Jimmy moves to Beijing
and the distance between them is what brings
their relationship into focus.
Director: Pang Ho-cheung (Hong Kong/China,
2012) • 111 mins • ROMANTIC COMEDY
SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER • 6pm
FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER • 8.30pm
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Film program curated by Matthew Kesting, Exhibitions Manager, Media Resource Centre